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Apr 05
Moratorium on the distribution of particularly complex structured products

The FSMA today publishes on its site the list of credit institutions, insurance companies and investment firms that have signed on to the moratorium to date. As at 29 July 2011, all representative actors, in both the banking and insurance sectors, involved in distributing structured products have signed on to the moratorium. Some undertakings have […]

Apr 05
Telenet Group

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Telenet, ISIN code BE0003826436 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on  29/07/2011 at 08:15am.   Source: FSMA

Apr 05
Telenet Group

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in the financial instrument Telenet Group, ISIN code BE0003826436 on Euronext Brussels is suspended from 5:11 P.M. on July 28, 2011 until the publication of a press release and […]

Apr 05
Moratorium on the distribution of particularly complex structured products

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) calls upon the financial sector not to distribute to individual investors structured products that are considered particularly complex. Distributors that sign on to the moratorium commit themselves not to distribute structured products that do not fulfil the criteria that have been established. Distributors who participate in the moratorium […]

Apr 05
In the US, public-private state associations form networks of support for crypto businesses

When you think of a crypto-friendly U.S. state, Washington is hardly the first to come to mind. Yet, a lot has been happening on the ground in the Pacific Northwest lately. Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill, SB5544, into law on March 30. The new legislation creates a working group of seven state officials […]

Apr 05
Oil futures settle higher, with U.S. prices back above the $100 mark

Oil futures settled higher on Monday after posting their biggest weekly loss in about two years late last week, after the U.S. and International Energy Agency announced plans to release oil from emergency reserves. Oil prices have rebounded after last week’s big declines, with U.S. prices recovering back above $100 a barrel, “in the wake […]